So, last week in NE Texas where I live it was “near unto summer” as my country uncle used to say about warm spring weather. That was the same uncle who told me the proper way to pronounce the word fire. Where he lived in the hills of West Virginia, the word isn’t pronounced “fi-er”. […]
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GHOST AGENTSbyNITA DEBORDE Categories: Science Fiction / Cozy Mystery / Paranormal / Texas History Series: The Ghost Agents TrilogyPublisher: Mabelonia Press * July 31, 2021 * 309 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! An organization that has operated in secret for centuries… a mystery that threatens to burn it all to the ground… and she’s the only agent
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TRUST MEbyKelly Irvin Genre: Romantic Suspense / Christian Fiction Publisher: Thomas Nelson Date of Publication: February 8, 202 384 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! When her best friend is murdered the same way her brother was, who can she possibly trust? A decade ago, Delaney Broward discovered her brother’s murdered body at the San Antonio
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First off, my thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine. I hope the war ends swiftly and in their favor. The world is on edge about how more aggressive Russia might get. Will Putin push it to the brink of a major World War? Let us pray, too, that that will never happen.
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Today, I have a neat contest to share with you, but first this picture of Hermione. She is so camera shy, that I don’t often get a good picture of her. She was looking out my office window with such a contemplative expression, and I’m so glad she didn’t move as I slowly picked up
A friend sent me these quips, and I laughed when I read them. They are quite clever. The author was not cited in the message, but since I’m not making any money by sharing them – unless someone wants to send me five bucks 🙂 – here they are for you to enjoy. But first,
With so much of the country digging out from the massive snow storms that swept from Texas across the Midwest and on to the East Coast, this column from Slim Randles seems most appropriate for today. But first, I must say I was mildly amused at some of the jokes that circulated on social media
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Dead Man’s HandDavid NixSourcebooksPub date Feb 22, 2022 Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black Buffalo Soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be
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Recently, I’ve been working on a new short story that was a gift from my muse the day I saw a homeless man on a scooter crossing the road. I was driving to an appointment, but I couldn’t get him out of my mind. Much like other short stories I’ve written that came to me
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I always knew that reading was good for people. As a child, I escaped into fiction and found comfort, and sometimes guidance, in the stories that took me away from the real world for a while. A real world that wasn’t always pleasant. But I didn’t always realize I was learning so much about life
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